Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3322 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where it was approximately 10 degrees cooler on my Saturday evening compared to 24 hours earlier, when I was struggling a little with the SPP, giving ideal conditions for solving and hinting half of a Dada puzzle.
For me, and I stress for me©, and I hope I don’t upset or annoy anyone, perhaps some will agree with me, the friendliest Dada has ever been for all of the 343 of his Sunday puzzles I have blogged, I suppose one could ask if it is a Dada puzzle at all – eight anagrams (two partials), two lurkers both reversed, and two homophones all in an asymmetric 30 clues; with 15 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. And, remember, my electronic blue pencil is at the ready and the Naughty Step is OPEN!
Candidates for favourite – 1a, 13a, 27a, 3d, 8d, and 18d.
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, a number of the more difficult clues have been selected and hints provided for them.
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A Puzzle by Meles
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30959 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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Toughie No 3500 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
Osmosis has brought his usual bag of tricks to this puzzle which I really enjoyed working through. He’s given us almost (but not quite) a pangram, a pleasing lack of anagrams and pairs of the more unusual letters juxtaposed in the centre of the grid.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30953
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 14th June 2025
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A lovely, elegant Saturday puzzle from NYDK that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and important feedback. Continue reading “DT 30953 (Full Review)”
Toughie No 3499 by Django
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment *****
A Django’s always a treat and this was no exception.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30957
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning fellow cruciverbalists. Today’s offering is a classic RayT puzzle with single word answers, a sweetheart at 19a and a word count of exactly five words/clue. I found it perhaps a bit tougher than usual, but then I did solve it at midnight as my troublesome back kept me awake yet again last night.
Much to admire, including the horse’s tack at 24a, the ghost tube train at 7d and the clever person at 9d. Which were your favourites?
In the blog below, the definition element of each clue has been underlined, anagrams are CAPITALISED and the crossword technique “indicator words” are in brackets. The answers are concealed under the “Click Here” buttons. Please leave a comment telling us how you got on and what you thought of the puzzle. Please also try to be positive – it’s only a bit of fun.
Many thanks to RayT and the DT Crossword Team.
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Toughie No 3498 by Prime
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Another ‘proper’ Toughie, this time brought to us by Prime
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